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THE INDEPENDENT
IBS UK I
BVERY AFTERNOON
Except Sunday
At Brito Hall Xonla Btroot
gjT Telephone 811 jS0
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Per Month anywhero In the Ha
waiian Islands BO
For Year 0 00
Per Year postpaid to Foreign Coun
tries 8 00
Payable Invariably In Advance
Gainst the wrong that needs resistance
For the right that needs assistance
For the future in the distance
And the aood that we can do
I am in the place whereof I am demanded
of conscience to speak the truth and the truth
t speak impugn it who so list
Advertisements unaccompanied by spo
oifio Instructions Inserted till ordered out
Advertisements discontinued beforo ex
piration of specified porlod will bo charged
as if continued for full term
Address all communications to tho Edi
torial Department to Edmund Norrie
Business letters should bo addressed to
the Manager
EDMUND NORRIE - - Editor
F J TESTA - - - Mananor
Residing in Honolulu
TUESDAY JULY 28 189G
WHAT NEXV P
That Hawaii can boast of being
tho funnitat little republic in tho
oivilized world has been a woll
established fact for tho last fow
years Tho wholo affair since Janu
ary 1893 seems to have been in
augurated to furnish material for a
burlesque which cannot fail to make
a hit
Tho situation howovor is gotling
more and moro ridiculous and wo
hope that a climax has been reached
whon a Mr Rhodes a Government
official publicly and under oath be
fore tho oourtmartial testified to
aoaling tho fence around tho Execu
tive building and deliberately demo
lishing ono of the cannons on tho
ubo of whioh the vory existence of
the republic depends then hops
baok ovor the fence goes home with
his bootyand there writos an anony
mous lottor to the president enclos
ing the piece abstracted from tho
gun and signs tiimself a friend of
tho Government
By reading those facts most peo
pie will be inclined to think that it
is a story to bo classed with tho
Advertisers black lady and tho
Bulletins India rubber boy It is
hardly possible to believe that we
havo reached a point whon friends
of tho Government after hearing
strangers talking about the in
secure and foolish position of tho
guns at the Exeoutire building
through thoir impetuosity should
jump a fence at the risk of being
shot to make tho situation of tho
Government still worse by tho abs
traction of a vital piece of a cannon
However such is tho confession
of Mr Rhodes Tho question now
is what will tho authorities do in
regard tov this fence jumper Tt is
true that ho claims that he took his
dangerous step simply to prove that
tho military was dofootive But if
such a precedent is allowed to go
by virtually with tho Banotiou of
tho authorities what will there be
to prevent say Mr Ohun Hook
from jumping a fonco on some
street abstract 15 chickens and send
ono to each of our high officials
with aunonytnons letters simply lo
demonstrate that tho owner of ho
chicken was not vigilant ami that
tho patrolmen woro out of sight
But when Mr Ohun Ilook after
openly confessing that ho did tho
act simply pro bono publico and had
got through his confession and
shown by Iub handwriting that he
was tho author of tho letlersHit is
10 to 1 that ho will find himself be
fore Judgo Wilcox who would shod
tears ovor such noble unselfish
patriotism opecinllyif tho chickens
boloug to tho judgo and then land
Mr Ohun Hook on tho roof for six
months or moro
If wo hadnt heard Mr Rhodes
confossiou wo should cortainly not
haro believed that a sano and sensi
ble man could havo committed such
an act or mado such admissions
Even now wo will take the story with
a largo pinch of salt until wo see
what tho Government is going to
do about it
TOPICS OF THE DAY
Soall tho soldiers say that all tho
Government building needs is a
rudder Right you are boys Tho
figurohead is there
It does not require a very bright
mind to discern that Colonel Mc
Lean is persona non grata at the
Government building both up and
downstairs Whats tho matter
with the Colonol
Three hundred and forty years
ago on Saturday next Ignatius
Loyala died He is supposed to
havo beon tho foundor of the order
of tho Jesuits Cannot tho A P A
arrange to moet on that day
Tho naughty linotypo makes the
President of tho Board of Health
say in his interesting report that
tho cremation of bodies in Japan is
perfumed at night and ashes re
moved tho next day The fuel used
incromating bodies in Japan at one
stage is soko possibly a misprint
for sake or more likely coke
Instoad of limiting the immigra
gration of Chinese and Japanese it
would soem that this funny little
republio is laying rails to bring
them in faster than ever before
Having given up tho idoa of annexa
tion for more orientals means Iocs
annoxation tho best government
etc intends to settle down and raise
cano
Judgo Wilcox expressed himself
in regard to search warrants this
morning to cortaiu officers applying
forono Hoobjeoted to issuingsoarch
warranto which officers would keep
in their pockets for four or five days
or until thoir informers had been
able to plant the dope A search
warrant said tho judgo should be
used withiu 21 hours according to
law and tho rulings of tho Supremo
Court We think tho judge is vory
sound in his remarks and that ho
pretty woll knows tho ins and
outs of tho mothods of tho ofilcors
A fow moro leotures from tho bench
may holp in discouraging thopo offi
cials who havo tho idoa that any Jap
or Chinamen are their legitimate
proy Tho boys dont daro to kolohc
whon Judgo Wilcox is on tho bonoh
If Mr W O Smith can introduce
cremation hero ho will bo outitled
to tho highost consideration In all
enlightened nations cremation is be
ing adopted although it EomotimoB
takes a long timo lo conquor t he sentij
innutnl objections advanced by the
ignorant and cortaiu religious faua
tics Wo do not boliovo that crema
tion will moet with a vory serious
opposition from tho llawaiians as
suggested by tho morning papor
In olden days they removed tho
fionh from tho bones ol thoir doad
Tho flesh was consumed by firo and
tho bones buried or hidden in caves
or other places Wo think that cre
mation which can bo attended with
all tho coromouies at present used
nt burials would not bo unpopular
Tho sanitary advantages to bo gain
ed need no explanation to any think
ing person In a tropical city like
Honolulu without a sowerage sys
tem or filtered wator tho Govern
ment should insist on tho cremation
of bodies Wo hope tho matter will
udt be dropped and tho suggestions
of Mr Smith bo consigned to pigeon
holes and obliviou
In opposition and under tho boy
cotting ban as is Tun Independent
it is magnanimous enough to say
that it bolioves tho information the
Attorney General and President of
the Board of Health has brought
from tho Orient will some day be of
practical use to Hawaii
In Saturdays Independent appear
ed an announcement of the organi
zation of a Cosmopolitan Industrial
League and tho uames of personal
frionds woro given as officers Tho
item was brought in by a person
who hitherto had been presumed to
deserve confidence from all parties
iutoreated and was accepted in good
faith by Tun Independent As tho
statement appear to be a falsehood
liia former frionds will appreciate
and reciprocate his conduct
It is very pleasing to notice tho
loading Hawaiian newspaper tho
Makaainana oxhorting its readers
to exact tho greatest cleanliness on
thoir promises and in their houses
The Makaainana reminds tho Ha
waiians that it was at this season a
year ago tho epidemic broke out
which caused tno death ofalargo
number of their couutrymenPTho
prosent unhealthy woathorand tho
unfortunate nnudition of the drink
ing wator aro called attention to
May the Hawaiiaus hood tho warn
ing of the Makaainana and assist in
avoiding another epidemic
It appears to be useless to romind
our most courteous contemporaries
that so far as the matter of tho
claims against tho Hawaiian Gov
ernment aro concorned there is a
temporary rest Mr Cooper as tho
Bulletin says may smilingly re
mark and decline to givo inform
ation All inquisitive inquirers will
gain no information Diplomacy
moves slowly and surely Tho
health and financial roouperation
of tho couotry is of far greater im
portance than tho settlement of
private claims
OO BRESPONDENOE
Ills do not hold ourselves responsible for the
opinions of correspondents lur columns are
open to every shade of opinion or parlu or
arirvance Correspondence must not be libel
lous or indecent and must be accompanied by
the name of the writer not necessarily for pub
lication but as a uuarantce of -good faith
Ed The Independent
Tho writer having mot with sev
eral pooplo who aro skeptical as to
tho existence of tho mysterious
woman in black discovorod among
the ruined monuments of Kawaia
hao cemetery by an enterprising
Advertiser reporter desiros to state
that thero is such a lady and I mot her
mysolf on Nuuanu avenuo last oven
ing carrying in her arihs tho Japa
nese India rublor baby who was in
jurod by a tramcar on Sunday last
G DE stv Sox
Shomusl bo an undertaker Ed
Froemaaons nt Brighton England
Tho 98th anniversary of the Royal
Masonic Institution for Boyp was
celebrated at Brighton last month
Speaking at tho banquet tho Duke
of Devonshire remnrlo d that tho
Government had lately mado an
effort to reform and ro organizo tho
system of olomontary and secondary
education in England but had not
met with unqualified success I
hopo that on a second attompt ho
continued wo may bo more suc
cessful During recent joars tho
progress of this institution has not
only been constant but has also
been rapid Since 1885 the boys
upon your foundation have riten
from 215 to 278 and tho report of
tho Cambridge University Syndicate
is ono which is of a satisfactory
character You aro providiug for
tho
EDUCATION AND MAINTENANCE
of 270 boys at an annual expenditure
of botwoou 12000 and 13000 n
year That is being done by an in
stitution possessing no assured in
come beyong 1700 or 1800 do
rivod from investments But thanks
to tho groat Masonic body in Eug
laud tho institution has beeu in ro
eoipt of an incorao whioh not only
has boon amply sufficient to provide
for its immediate needs but has
enabled it to mako a gradual but
constant addition to its invested
funds Hear hoar You have
now a sum invested of 00000 as
against 17000 in 1885 But liko
other institutions this is outgrowing
its homo and its surroundings Tho
neighborhood iu which the school
is situated is becoming moro and
more crowded and tho convictiou
has boon rapidly growing that tho
board of management may at somo
futuro period havo to consider tho
question of removing to another
site
IRRIGATION NOTICE
Holders of Water Privileges or hose
paying water rates aro horoby notified
that the hour for irrigation pnrposca aro
from 0 to 8 oclock a m and 4 to 0 oclock
v M ANDREW BKOWN
Bupt Honolulu Water Works
Approved
J A Kino
Minister of the Interior
Honolulu July 10 1800 328 tf
By Janios F Morgan
TO NIGHT
CONTINUATION OF
Underwriters Sale
This Evening July 28ft 1896
AT 7 OCLOCK
At tho Waverly Ruldinc Bothol Btroot
I wilt soli at Public Auction for account
of whom It may concern
TTHE STOCK
- OF
DRY GOODS
Damaged by Flro and Water at the Storo
of 11 F HHLKttS Honolulu on Thurs
day July 23 18
TERMS CASH
Jas IT Morgan
237 lt ATJOTIONEKlt
Limited
Win Q Itwln President Manager
Olaua Sprockels Vice President
W Jl Glllard Beorotary Treasurer
rhco 0 Porter Audltoi
sug akItactors
AND
Commission Agents
AQENTB OF THE
Oceanic Steamship Gompy
0 Ban Frnnclffco Gal
Timely Topics
Honolulu July 27 1S90
Whon tho wonderful Now Pro
cess Blue Fltimo Oil Stovo wns
introduced to your notico by us
wo senrcoly anticipated tho suc
cess that has followod its intro
duction
Wo folt assured most un
doubtedly that tho public trials
by ladies of roputo had attract
ed tho attontion of economical
housewives and tho frionds of
puro and perfect cooking through
an odorless burner with a maxi
mum of heat and u minimum
of danger
Wo did not expect howovor
that our stock would havo been
sold out so soon in tho view of
the competition of business
rivals but that is tho fact
But morit speaks for itself
and peoplo must have cloan food
irrespective of roligious and
political dobates Fortunatoly
for you to us it is almost a
matter of indifference our prin
cipals havo sent us just what
you want
We can now offer you just
what you require No 100 with
tho ovon arrangoinont for 25
or there is No 105 including
tho ovon for 2250 Tlieso aro
porfect stoves Thero is ton
pounds dinoronco in tho weight
tho ono boing 140 lbs und tho
other 1 301bs but for thocooking
mado easy there is vory little
choico between them oxcopt in
details of neatness convenience
aud embellishment
It is woll to remember that
thero are three desiderata in
theso stoves a pure bluo odorloss
flame porfect safoty and tho uso
of tho ordinary korosono oil
We can add to theso tho clean
liness of the stovo and tho small
amount of labor required to
keep it in porfect order
Thoro aro two littlo incidents
attached to those stoves that
will attract tho attention of
domestic cooks and ono is tho
Now Process toastor Evon if
you dont possos ono of our stoves
it will bo found oxtromoly useful
to toast or broil Tho othor is
tho Now Process Ventilated
broilor which retains all tho
juices in tho moat and will
clmngo a tough stoak or cutlet
into a tondor ono without tho
hatchet or tho rolling pin
Call and oxamino thoso things
for yoursolf Perhaps wo havo
othor matters that wo can whis
por to you about
Thti Hawaiian Hardware Go Lii
307 Fout Stbeet
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